Corn-planter.



No. 692,232. Patented Feb. 4, I902.

L. P. 800E.

CORN PLANTER.

(Application filed Oct. 10, 1901.)

(No Model.)

V I a 2 hiom zys UNrrnD STATES PATENT CFFICE.

LEX P. BOOE, OF OHANUTE, KANSAS.

CORN-PLANTER.

srsclrtoariolv form 'ng part or Letters Patent No. 692,232, dated February 4, 1902.

Application filed October 10, 1901. Serial No. 78,261. (No model.)

To whom, it mi/cry concern:

Be it known that I, LEX P. BOOE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chanute, in the county of Neosho and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Corn-Planter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in corn-planters, particularly with reference to the construction of the shoe for opening the furrows in which the seeds are deposited and the arrangement of the disks carried by the shoe, which Widen the furrows and operate in advance of the shoe to cut and remove trash out of the path thereof.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a corn-planter shoe and disks constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical, transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a partial elevation of the same, the near disk being removed.

In the embodiment of my invention my improved furrow-opening shoe 1, which is pro vided with the curved front edge 2, has a pair of rearwardly-extendin g and rearwardlydiverging wings 3, between which is secured the lower end of the seed-spout 4. Said seedspout has shoulders 4 on its sides, which bear on the wings 3. The lower edge 5 of the shoe extends some distance below the lower side of the wings 3, and on the upper side of the front portion of the shoe in advance of the seed-spout is formed a vertical shouldered extension 6, thereby considerably increasing the depth or vertical extension of the shoe. Relatively the front portion of the shoe in advance of the seed-spout is short as compared with the shoes of this class now in common use. The draft-bar 7 is formed separately from the shoe, and the rear end of the said draft-bar lies against one side of the vertical extension of the shoe and is secured thereto by one of the bolts 8, which are employed to secure a pair of blocks 9 to opposite sides of the said vertical extension of the shoe. The said blocks are formed with overhanging flanges 10 at their upper inner sides, which flanges bear on the upper edge of the vertical extension of the shoe. Each of the said blocks 9 is formed on its outer side at its central portion with an extended boss 11. Through the centers of the said blocks extend openings 12, which are obliquely disposed and diverge forwardly, and in the said openings are secured the headed inner portions of a pair of forwardly-diverging spindles 13. On the said spindles are journaled revoluble concave-convex disks14, which are formed with bearingsleeves 15 on their front or outer sides. Coilars 16 are secured on the outer ends of the spindles 13, either by set-screws 17, as here shown, or by any other suitable means. It will be observed by reference to the drawings, more particularly to Figs. 2 and 4 thereof, that the front cutting edges of the disks 14 extend in advance of the front edge 2 of the shoe 1, and thereby the said disks serve to cut trash in advance of the shoe and to clear the same away from the path of the shoe when the machine is in operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a corn-planter, afurrow-openingshoe extending in advance of the seed-spout and revoluble disks carried by said shoe, the said disks being so disposed that the front, cutting edges thereof are in advance of the front edge of the said shoe, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

2. A furrow-opening shoe having a vertical extension on its front portion and rearwardlydiverging wings, in combination with a seedspout, in rear of said extension, having its lower end disposed between the wings and shouldered on its sides to bear upon them, substantially as described.

3. In a corn-planter, a shoe having a vertical extension on the upper side of its front portion, in advance of the seed-spout, blocks secured on opposite sides of said vertical extension, and having overhanging flanges to bear on the upper edge thereof and revoluble disks carried by said blocks, substantially as described.

4. In a corn-planter, a shoe having a vertical extension on the upper side of its front portion, in advance of the seed-spout, blocks secured on opposite sides of said vertical extension, revoluble disks carried by said blocks and a draft-bar having its rear end secured extension and revolnble disks carried by said shoe and having their front, cutting edges in advance of the front edge of the shoe, sub- 15 stantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEX P. BOOE.

Witnesses:

CHRIS WALL, ELMER NEYHARD. 

